diff --git a/languagetool-language-modules/de/src/main/resources/org/languagetool/resource/de/disambiguation.xml b/languagetool-language-modules/de/src/main/resources/org/languagetool/resource/de/disambiguation.xml
index f0f3d8dc851a..3d26aa88e317 100644
--- a/languagetool-language-modules/de/src/main/resources/org/languagetool/resource/de/disambiguation.xml
+++ b/languagetool-language-modules/de/src/main/resources/org/languagetool/resource/de/disambiguation.xml
@@ -401,6 +401,15 @@ Copyright © 2013 Markus Brenneis, Daniel Naber, Jan Schreiber
         <disambig action="ignore_spelling"/>
     </rule>
 
+    <rule name="sit venia verbo" id="VENIA_VERBO">
+        <pattern>
+            <token>sit</token>
+            <token>venia</token>
+            <token>verbo</token>
+        </pattern>
+        <disambig action="ignore_spelling"/>
+    </rule>
+
     <rule name="bona fide" id="BONA_FIDE">
         <pattern>
             <token>bona</token>